Luke Grimes

About

Luke Timothy Grimes (born January 21, 1984) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his role as Navy SEAL Marc Alan Lee in the film American Sniper. He played Christian Grey’s older brother, Elliot, in the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), and its sequels, Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018). He starred as Kayce Dutton in the Paramount Network television series Yellowstone (2018–2024) and in the CBS series Marshals (2026).

Grimes was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of a Pentecostal pastor. Grimes graduated from Dayton Christian High School in 2002. He moved to New York City to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Grimes has appeared in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, War Eagle, Arkansas, and Assassination of a High School President, which received a limited release in March 2009. He appeared in the ABC drama Brothers & Sisters, as Ryan Lafferty, the illegitimate son of William Walker, patriarch of the show’s family. Beginning with Season 4, he became a series regular.
He starred in the 2010 FX movie pilot, Outlaw Country, with Haley Bennett and Mary Steenburgen. Grimes played a cowboy named Eli…